Brent, I admit that I was worried going into last night. Gratefully, all my fears were proven groundless. She'll fly. [?][?]
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote: > > > http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2010/06/24/14496826.html > > 'Futurama' makes welcome return > > By Barry Garron, REUTERS > > LOS ANGELES - There's good news in the future, a thousand years in the > future. > > The resumption of new "Futurama" episodes on Comedy Central, beginning > Thursday, once more demonstrates the power of a truly dedicated fan base. > More importantly, it brings new life to a show that brilliantly mixes > satire, sex and sentimentality. Based on the first couple of episodes, > executive producers Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler waste no > time picking up from where the series left off. > > "Futurama," set in the 31st century, ran on Fox from 1999-2003. Except for > a couple of months, the show was part of the Sunday animation block. Now, > just like "Family Guy," which also premiered in 1999 on Fox and survived > cancellation, "Futurama" is back, the beneficiary of a loyal following and > impressive DVD sales. > > In a sense, the show was like one of its main characters, Fry (Billy > West), the pizza-delivery guy who was inadvertently frozen during a > delivery to a cryogenics lab. "Futurama" never really died. After Fox > dropped it, reruns ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Starting in 2007, > "Futurama" made four direct-to-DVD movies, the last of which came out last > year. As early as 2006, Comedy Central said it planned to revive the > series, and it began showing reruns in 2008. > > The premiere of the revived "Futurama" tries mightily, if somewhat > circuitously, to account for the time between new episodes. Appropriately > called "Rebirth," Professor Hubert Farnsworth explains how the entire > Planet Express delivery crew nearly was destroyed in a space battle. > However, by dunking the preserved heads and skeletal remains in a vat of > stem-cell soup, the unintentionally cynical professor regenerates each > character, one by one. All except sexy, one-eyed Leela (Katey Sagal), the > Planet Express ship captain whose ultimate recovery becomes a tale of > robotics and romance, very much in keeping with the tone of earlier > episodes. > > For sharper satire (and lots of sexual innuendo), stay tuned for the > second episode, which will air following the premiere. Part fantasy, part > allegory, it recounts how the Earth was threatened by a Puritanical > satellite while Leela and pompous space captain Zapp Brannigan relive the > moment when Adam and Eve committed their original sin, fig leaves and all. > > > No doubt about it, "Futurama" and its entire splendid voice cast is back, > sly wit, social satire and all. So, too, are the disembodied heads of > celebrated figures, starting in the second episode with Richard Nixon. In > this new season of 12 episodes, the guest list includes Chris Elliot, > Craig Ferguson, George Takei, Katee Sackhoff as well as executive > producers Groening and Cohen. > > Following the two-episode premiere, succeeding episodes will air 10 p.m. > Thursdays. > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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